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Baby Name of the Day: Ever

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Big "E"

Big "E" by Orin Zebest via Flickr

Milla Jovovich said it was a boy’s name when she used it for her daughter.  Alanis Morrisette gave the name to her son without explanation.

Thanks to Pat for suggesting the intriguing Ever as our Baby Name of the Day.

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Sunday Summary: 7/25/10

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First, Happy Birthday to me.  Well, actually, my birthday is tomorrow.  And so I’ll be doing something I haven’t done since shortly after I started writing Name of the Day posts in May 2008 – I’m choosing the names.  All week.  And I’m starting with my discarded given name tomorrow.

But enough about that.  The big news in baby naming this week was Baby Name Wizard’s report on the fastest rising names of 2010.  As usual, the coverage missed the critical fine print: these are the fastest gaining searched names, not names being inked on birth certificates by parents.  Not everyone searching is expecting a child; not everyone searching and expecting would ever choose a daring name.  And yet, it’s interesting to see the list, and there are definitely trends to be spotting among the fastest rising.

They are as follows, girls first:

1. Tenley
2. Harper
3. Everleigh
4. Martina
5. Sookie
6. Navi - There’s been plenty of speculation about Avatar’s impact on baby naming.  Combined with actress Navi Rawat, could this be the film’s big contribution?
7. Charlotte
8. Eloise
9. Lorelai
10. Ursula
11. Briella
12. Kinley
13. Tinsley - The next Kimora?
14. Mhairi – It’s a twist on the Scottish form of Mary, but would probably be pronounced Mary in the US, so is she anything more than an impressively creative spelling?
15. Leighton
16. Maelle
17. Ever
18. Kinsley
19. Lux
20. Everly

There are some interesting picks for boys, too:

1. Castiel
2. Bentley
3. Eoin
4. Easton
5. Lucian
6. Aarav
7. Zion
8. St. John
9. Kaiden
10. Sterling
11. Callan
12. Leland
13. Harper
14. Mikah
15. Dashiell
16. Eliah
17. Dawson
18. Kayden
19. Lennon
20. Dorian

Other than the rise of the Ever- names, my real take-away is this: I suspect Charlotte is headed for the US Top Ten.  She’s gently French, literary, and feminine without being fussy.  Her nickname options are great.  She’s also climbing rapidly, without any sign of hitting a plateau.

Putting my crystal ball away, here’s the rest of the news:

It was a quiet week for starbabies.  Juan Pablo Montoya – who is racing on our TV as I type this – welcomed a daughter, Manuela. The NASCAR notable is also dad to Sebastian and Paulina.

That’s all for this week, as always thank you for reading!

Sunday Summary: 10/4/09

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As part of our Birthday Fun Weekend, we took the kids off to Build-A-Bear Workshop.  Actually, Aly built a bear dog.  There was stuffing and fluffing and convincing us that yes, his bear dog absolutely needed ice skates.  And then we got to the moment – naming the bear dog.

After several suggestions were rejected by the Builder of the Beast, including Harry and Warren, we settled on Star.  Unimaginative, I guess.  But we’d been there for a while.  And a birthday party was bearing down on the birth certificate station.

“Maybe,” my friend suggested, “he should be Starr.  Star doesn’t seem like much of a name.”

“Starr?  Really?”

“I guess it is kind of feminine.  Maybe an e at the end?”

“Stare?  How ’bout Stahr?” I replied.

And just like that, I understood precisely how we end up naming our kids Jordyn and Madalon and Carsin.  Except that a plush pet doesn’t ever have to put his name on a business card.

In other news, Nymbler released their September search names:

  • No surprises from the Top Ten favorites – Charlotte, Ava, Amelia, Audrey, Grace and Ella for girls and Jack, Finn, Benjamin and Oliver for boys;
  • As for the new Nymbler debuts?  There’s surname-with-a-twist Everleigh (chosen by Twilight’s Cam Gigandet), the feminissa Elliana, the lovely Cornish Elowen, part-goddess, part-sci fi Inara and the French Marielle.

It’s been a quiet week in celebribaby naming news, and the choices have been quite conservative, including:

As for real life kids:

  • Bewildertrix spotted a child named Eternity Amenity.  Isn’t that something offered by a funeral home?  She also spied a Jahykuhb, which seems more like an entrant in a Wacky Respelling contest than a real name;
  • This week’s Toronto Star baby is named Graydon.  The parents were following Jewish tradition, so they needed to settle on a name that started with G.  I’m hearing Graydon as yet another Aidan/Jayden/Braeden/Hayden/Caiden twist more and more;
  • I loved reading Elizabeth’s post about her Baby with No Name dilemma over at Nameberry.  Her daughters are Courtney Olive – known as Olive, Kit Aurora and Nola Belle.  Elizabeth and her husband have a truly distinctive naming style, I think – and the story of how they arrived at a name for each daughter is great fun;
  • Here’s a guess: Eleni will reappear in the US Top 1000 by 2011, if not sooner.  (She’s currently unranked.)  It’s the name bestowed by two pairs of friends – with very different styles, inclinations and backgrounds – on their newborn daughters over the past few weeks.  

My vote for best diversion of the week goes here: this Nameberry post on Hawaiian Baby Names led to a link to find your Hawaiian name.  I spent much, too much time converting the names of everyone I know into Hawaiian.  In RL, of course, I am far too pasty to be answer to Apikalia.

Speaking of RL, I’ll confess that I’m dealing with a Level of Hectic that I haven’t encountered, well – ever.  I’m often slow to respond to Name of the Day requests – I like to save them up, then sit down with my calendar and look at bunches at once.  But these days?  It might be slower than slow.  Please stand by, and know that I do look at every request and do my best to squeeze ‘em in.

Thanks for reading – have a great week!

Starbaby Round-Up: Adele, Roman, Holden and More

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I just can’t wait ’til Sunday!  A few starbaby names popped up in the past few days:

  • Molly Ringwald has welcomed twins Adele Georgiana and Roman Stylianos. They join big sis Mathilda Ereni at home.  I’ve loved Molly since Pretty in Pink, and I like her naming style.  And yet, may I just say – bring on the Addies!  Between Addison, Adeline and Adele, I can hear a wave of little girls answering to this nickname.  Guess I’d better cross Adelaide off my list …
  • Mira Sorvino has welcomed her third, son Holden Paul Terry, a little brother for Johnny Christopher King and Mattea Angel.  I think Mira rocks, but her style seems unpredictable – if I didn’t know Johnny, Mattea and Holden were sibs, I’d assume they were three unrelated kids;
  • I missed this one – Twilight star Cam Gigandet welcomed a daughter named Everleigh Ray back in April.  What a difference a spelling makes – I think Everly is an appealing surname pick for a daughter, a sort of mix of the last-names-first-name trend, the nouveau virtue/noun name choices (think Journey, Destiny, Ever) and the love of the letter “v” in names like Ava, Ivy and Eve.  But the “leigh” spelling?  I think that reduces the name’s style.  And in the middle spot?  Ray is the new Rose.

Did I miss anyone?